Ornament



Feb. 8 1938. A. T. SEBEK 2,107,340

ORNAMENT I Filed April 3, 1937 INVENTOR.

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'Patented Feb. s, 1938 UNITED; STATES PATENT OFFlCE ORNAMENT Albert T.Sebek, Chicago, Ill.

Application April 3, 1937; Serial No. 134,830

extension of an ornamental handlestructureused on a well known make ofcar.

i A further object is the provision of a device; lOof the classdescribed in which the recessed body portionhas a pair of oppositelydisposed extension's; having registered openings through-which'an'attaching member'or pin is extended to hold lfl the ornament on themounting" member or handle. r

'Still another object is the'provision of a device of the classdescribedin which the recessed part of the ornament body is dimensionedto fit freely but snugly upon the mounting member or handle, 20 whichconstruction, together with the pin means abovementioned, provides asubstantial yet sim- V ple support for the ornament.

'Still another object of the invention is the provision of a device ofthe class described in which the ornament body is designed with itsseveral structural characteristics'above mentioned and its overallcontour adapted to supplement the design contour of the mounting body orhandle with which it is associated. 1 I

Othernovel aspects and objects'of construction will 'appearas thefollowing detailed descrip-' tion proceeds in view of the drawing, inwhich Fig. 1 is a top plan view of the ornament I fmounted upon astandard handle;

'Fig; 2is a side elevation of the combined orwnament and handle, and istaken in the direction of lines 2-2 of Fig. 1; I

, Fig. 3 is aoforeshortened bottom plan view looking in the direction oflines 33 of Fig. 2;

4o Fig.4 is a front elevation of the device of Fig.

'3', and. is taken along lines 4-4 thereof; while Fig. 5 is'an enlargedfragmentary vertical section through the handle and ornament, andjtakenalong lines 55 of Fig. 4.

I451 The device of the present invention includes an ornament body Inhaving a. central body por- 'tion I2 from which extend opposite wingedportions I 4 symbolizing in configuration, for example, the figure of aflying fish or the like.

50 The central body portion I2 includes, as seen particularly inFig. 2 apair of rearwardly extending arms I6, each provided with registering{apertures I8 for the reception of a mounting pin o'r member 20.Disposed above the arms I6 and 55", between; the same'is a rearwardlypointing vane which depends a mounting stud or extension I3 5 Claims.(01. 41-40),

or body portion 22 which flows from the general oval contour of thecentral body portion and which may haveits innermost surface 23 slightlydished or curved to fit closely against the complementary curvature ofthe underlying surface portion of a handle member 8.

Between the rearwardly extending vane 22 and the side arms I6, the bodyportion of the central body member I2 is cut away along a curved line,as indicated at 24, and similarly the bottom portion of the ornamentbetween these arms Ibis cut away along an arcuate path, as indicatedat'26, the purpose of these cut-away portions being particularly setforth hereinafter.

Y The mounting member 8, seen especially in Figs. 1, 2, and 5, ispreferably an ornamental handle which at the present time is standardequipment on at least one well known make of automobile, and'which isattached to the radiator peak portion of a hood and supplants theheretofore common radiator cap of ornamental 20 design; and in additionto serving the utilitarian function of a handle for raising and loweringthe hood, the member 8 additionally serves as an orthreaded to receive amounting bolt I5.

It will be understood that the handle 8 may be variously designed froman artistic standpoint, while including in each of these designs thepeculiar oval extension or nose formation I I, and this latter fact isof importance in conjunction with the device of my invention, in thatsaid device is peculiarly arranged and designed for supportingcooperation with an ornamental device of the character pointed out.

To this end the'central body portion I2 is recessed or hollowed toprovide a socket generally indicated at IT in Fig. 5, and which receivesthe nose portion II of the handle 8, it being observed that the extremeoutermost end II of the nose fits snugly against the bottommost (outer)part of the socket I1 and cooperably with the vane portion 22, and thearcuated bottom portion 26 provides a bearing engagement with the handlemember 8 so that when the stay pin 20 is inserted through the registeredopenings l8 and the handle member 8, a substantially rigid structureresults. I

The simplicity of the foregoing construction,

and particularly the arrangement which includes the socket I! receivableon the extended part of the handle 8 and the single stay pin 20, makesthe device very useful as an accessory, since only one hole need beprovided or drilled in the handle portion in order to mount theornament, yet the resulting ornament unit is extremely rugged and willresist; ordinary attempts to remove the ornament part of thecombination.

As has been pointed out previously in describing the particular handlestructure 8 employed for illustrative purposes herein, the artisticdesign of the ornament H3 is not restricted to the particular formshown, for instance, in Fig. 1, but may be varied through a wide rangeof ornamental designs such as will occur to those skilled in the arts,so that it is not intended that the invention be restricted to any ofthe particulars recited herein, but is to include all modifications ofthe particularly described device and all adaptations of the same fairlycoming within the scope of the appended claims, and Which particularlymay include an ornament body having a substantially oval socket thereinfor the reception of a substantially oval body extension of a mountingmember, and pin means adjoining the juncture of the ornament and themounting member at a point spaced substantially away from the bottom ofthe recess.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire toprotect by Letters Patent is:

1. An ornament body having a recessed portion providing a socket for thereception of a substantially oval extension of a mounting member,

. a mounting member extended into said socket,

and pin means extended through said ornament body and said mountingmember at a point spaced substantially away from the bottom of saidrecess.

2. An ornament including a member having a hollow body portion providinga socket of substantially elongated oval longitudinal cross-section, amounting member, having an elongated oval extension fitted into saidsocket, and means attaching said hollow body portion to said mountingmember in assembled relation at a point spaced substantially away fromthe bottom of said socket.

3. An ornamental device in the form of a handle member having asubstantially bullet shaped extension and an ornament body having asocket formation conforming substantially to the outline of saidextension and fitted over the same, together with pin means extendedthrough said ornament and said handle member at a point adjacentthejuncture of said handle and the edge or rim portions of said socket.

4. An ornament body having a recessed part providing a socket of greaterdepth than width and fitted closely upon an oval receiving body, saidornament being attached to a said body by pin means extended through thelatter and said ornament at a point closer to the marginal rim extremityof said socket than to the bottom of the same.

5. An ornament having an elongated recess and fitted upon a mountingmember having a part extended into said recess and against the bottom ofthe same, and means securing said ornament and said mounting member inassembled relation and including a securing member extended through saidmounting member and said ornament at a point near the open end of saidrecess.

ALBERT T. SEBEK.

